The purpose of this forum is to allow people to showcase their tanks, and allow other uses to ask questions on equipment, livestock, methodology etc. Specifically for Diverse Tanks (Cubes, Squares, Triangular) (Fish Only with Live Rock, Predator Tanks, Temperate Tanks) (non-photosynthetic tanks, Marine Plant/Algae Tanks, Greenhouse Tanks)

The Heni, really nice, does a great job as a cleaner fish but don't put one in your prized LPS tank!

Recently I purchased a new reactor for biopellets , an Aquamaxx XL and except for the small thumb screws it's much better than my Reef Octopus one and a lot cheaper to. I wanted to run more media with a much higher flow as it is also the skimmer feed and the SRO 110 couldn't handle it. The Aquamaxx is really easy to top up, the SRO was a P.I.A, it also spins the media around the chamber rather than a tumble so no clumping or pellets being forced up to get stuck in the strainer. -And it has a nice solid plastic strainer, not a flimsy mesh thing that becomes distorted over time. The SRO is now the dedicated GFO reactor and I have 500ml of Rowaphos in it atm, it works very well married up with an eheim 1000 turned down a little. The biopellets have been excellent for my very heavily stocked and fed tank, always having undetectable N03 and <0.1 P04 using Salifert kits.

The Aquamaxx XL, great value for money, performs well and easy to replenish

Ok this morning I noticed a small, horseshoe shaped chunk missing from the Olive Tang's flank so regrettably the Clown Trigger is now up for sale. I have placed an add in the classifieds if any one's interested

The CT is now sold and is going to live in a 8x3ft tank so I'm wrapped about that. It was getting bored in my QT and started trying to peel the silicon from the inside seams. I would still like to maintain my Trigger fetish though and I think I'll start looking around for a fat little Picasso, loads of character, relatively peaceful and slow growing. It should also be tough enough to survive the initiation ritual from the Tangs.

FTS, the Maze coral's taken a beating from the Asfur and is on the way out so I wont be getting any more of those..

My nice pink Heliofungia seemed to not be well all of a sudden and got promptly devoured by the Heni but he hasn't touched the green one

The tank's due for a water change, it's been over a month and I did some testing today, the results came out pretty good:N03 undetectable -SalifertP04 undetectable -SalifertMg 1350 -SalifertKh 8.1 -Red Sea

I've had 500ml of Rowaphos fluidized in the Reef Octopus reactor for a few weeks now and it has really put a dent in the P04level but the stuff is so damn expensive. I've got some Aquamedic fe to try out when the Rowa seems exhausted. It's less than half the cost.I'm giving Brightwell's Neo Marine salt a bash as I can get it for a good price and my source for Reef Crystals seems to have dried up ATM. I mixed a 200l batch yesterday, it dissolved quickly and is now crystal clear with no precipitation.

Well it's been a few months since the last update so here's a few recent pics. My led unit blew a transformer?, none of the white lights work so it's off to hopefully get repaired. Also not much left now with the lps thanks to the Heniochus and Kleins butterfly -except for the really distasteful stuff. The Xenia's been growing like weeds, I even took a few bunches out and gave away to a friend. The Coralline algae's also just exploded whilst the green algae's really backed off, doesn't get much of a chance to grow with 4 Tangs. I've been giving them extra Nori, and now and then spinach and cooked peas to make up and keep them full. All the other fish are doing well, the Heni still offers a cleaning service to it's tankmates, even though it's grown a fair bit. It's also been fun watching the two butterflies scavenge for mysids and pods around the Coris wrasse as it digs and turns over stones and shells.

The Olive Tang has finally matured into a beauty and is now actually olive!

I've been a little slack with the tank and updates, I can't believe it's been 8 months already! I'd let coralline go crazy over the front glass, almost to a point where it was getting hard to see inand kept putting off cleaning it but finally bit the bullet on Saturday and scraped it all off. Nice to see the fish again!, they're all doing really well and have grown a fair bit, especially the Coris andthe Bannerfish. The Kleins butterfly has also beefed right up and is starting to look great, slowly losing it's brown and turning more of a golden yellow with light blue iridescent scales. The Asfur Angel has done a good job eating the corals and most of the Zoas but unfortunately doesn't like the taste of Xenia and I have a mountain of it now. It does look nice swirling back and forth in the current though. No new equipment to speak of but the wet side of the smart ato rusted out and fell to pieces in the sump, the distributer kindly sent a new one in the mail which was good of them as the warranty had expired.